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Introduction

Templates are used in composition windows, and act as a model for emails.
Templates can be filled with static text and dynamic parts, such as the
original sender's name ("Dear %N, ..."), the date, etc. When applying a
template, the dynamic fields will be replaced with the relevant values. You
can configure templates via the Tools menu.

Usage

When applying a template, you will be asked to 'Insert' or 'Replace', the
difference between replacing and inserting is only concerned with the message
body. 'Replace' will replace the current composition window message body
with the body defined in the template, clearing it if the template body is
empty. 'Insert' will insert the template's body, if set, at the current
cursor position.

Whether you choose to Insert or Replace, any To, Cc or Bcc field that is
defined in the template will be appended to the compose window's recipients
list. If it is defined, the template's Subject will always replace the
compose window's Subject.

Symbols can be used in all parts of the templates and will be substituted
with their respective dynamic value if possible, otherwise no value will
be used. This often makes more sense if you apply a template when a replying
or forwarding. There is no restriction on which symbols can be used in template
parts, even if inserting the body (%M or %Q) may make no sense in common
situations.

When applying a template, the body is processed first, then the To, Cc, Bcc and
Subject fields follow.

Examples

Response on top of quoted message :

%X

On %d, %f wrote :

%Q

Keep original "To:" in the compose "From:" field when replying :

This is useful when multiple email addresses with the same domain
(e.g. sales@domain.com info@domain.com admin@domain.com) are stored
in a single folder. If, when replying, you want to have the "From:"
field in the compose window automatically populated with the "To:"
address from the mail being replied to:

Select the folder Properties => Templates => Reply

Check "Use templates when replying to messages" box

Put something like the following in the "From" box:

|p{echo -n `echo '%t%c'|grep -o '[a-zA-Z0-9]*@domain.com'`}

This works if the address is in the "To:" or "Cc:" fields, but will leave a
blank "From:" if the message was sent "Bcc:".
The solution is also only valid on Unix/Linux platforms.